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Yeah, I know but I like a challenge. Thing is, if it is F317 then it's R16. If it was a penny that rare someone would still want it even in that state.

Given the number of people collecting 50ps, and the availability of information about them to non-collectors via the internet, do you think we will ever see (for example) a Kew Gardens 50p in Fine?

Didn't leave much out, did he?

I can't see anything about the obverse to discount 9.

1874. I think this is F317: obverse 9 reverse K. I've not much to go on, but Freeman notes that "Usually the date numerals are widely spaced and low in the exergue". Is that what I'm seeing here?

Cheers Ian, I thought it was probably me! Not variants I need to be looking out for then...

My copy of Freeman notes: "*New 1911 die pairings and variants of 1920 and 1924 exist, please see appendix IV" However, appendix IV skips from 1911 to 1970 with no mention of 1920 and 1924. Either I'm missing something, or the book is. Can anyone provide me with the details please? Cheers, Jon

My childhood dentist was Dr Pepper. I have been lectured at by a Dr Nurse. Dr P. Nurse, to be precise.

Yes, die clash. You get the same in early Jersey pennies. The lines are from the background of the shield. http://jerseycoins.com/pen13/Intel/misc/striations.htm

Quite right Paddy, free listings means that there's no downside for a seller listing worthless crap. However, on the flip side I reckon that many of our rarest finds would have remained unlisted if they charged fees.

A little bit. But have a cup of tea and it'll soon pass. Nice find.

Think I'd plump for a Una and Lion.

Might be worth asking the seller for better pictures Mike?

I was going to say 8. I haven’t seen the other photo, but the nostril looks shallow and the legend not as thick as obverse 9, to me. 🙂

That would be my view. 🙁

That’s a nice one Pete, can you post the obverse please? 🙂

I think you know why. 🙁

So are his RM trials.

I used to be scared of spiders, a phobia I inherited from my parents. But I once kept scorpions, and by extension tarantulas. The worst I kept was a Pterinochilus murinus, known in the pet trade as an OBT - Orange Bitey Thing. The sod could teleport, I tell you, and it had to go. I had a cool Uvicularia metallica called Lars though. After that your common or garden Tegenaria gigantea seems a bit tame. Dysdera crocata has a much better set of fangs.

I’ve heard that these huntsman spiders have been deemed responsible for human deaths, although not from envenomation. Apparently when you leave your car with the windows open in hot weather they’ve been known to climb inside and find somewhere nice to hide, like behind the sun visor. When you drive home and make the turn into the setting sun, you flip the visor down and it drops into your lap causing you to panic and crash. Any truth or just urban myth? Atrax robusta is a nasty piece of work, from what I understand.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Unknown-Coin-in-Worn-Basal-State-George-II-UK-1-2-Penny-Size-Poor-P-1-Grade/392421963652?hash=item5b5e2bf784:g:qKwAAOSwNeFdGjig What do you have to do to get a grade of O?

Click on the Advanced box, then at the bottom of the page there's a link to proceed.

Same for me Mike, but I can override it. What browser are you using?

My car entertainment system has a cassette player.

Congratulations. Looks a decent example. Out of idle curiosity, if you don't mind me asking, did you mysteriously get it for your maximum bid?